REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

www.mod.gov.rs

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Material Resources Sector

Defensive Technologies Department

Military Technical Institute

www.vti.mod.gov.rs

Military Airworthiness

MILUTIN JANKOVIĆ

Aeronautical Plant „Moma Stanojlović”, Batajnica, jmilutin@verat.net

ZORAN ILIĆ

Technical Test Center, Beograd, zoranilic_65@yahoo.com

MILAN DRONJAK

Aeronautical Plant „Moma Stanojlović”, Batajnica, dronjakm@ptt.rs

VLADAN PAREZANOVIĆ

Air Force and Air Defence Command, Zemun, vladan.parezanovic@gmail.com

STEVAN JOVIČIĆ

Technical Test Center, Beograd, stevanjovicic@gmail.com

Abstract: In Europe, military and state operated aircraft are excluded from the scope of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) legislation. As a result, military airworthiness is regulated only at national level. The need to improve European defence capabilities influenced decision of the European Defence Agency (EDA) to establish the Military Airworthiness Authorities (MAWA) Forum to develop, adopt and implement harmonized European Military Airworthiness Requirements (EMARs). Up to date, MAWA Forum has developed and approved three sets of EMARs that cover: Initial Aircraft Certification (EMAR 21), Aircraft Maintenance (EMAR 145) and Maintenance Training Organizations (EMAR 147). The issue of military airworthiness becomes more and more important because of the signing of the Administrative Arrangement with The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia in December 2013. In the years to come, it can be expected that the Republic of Serbia will implement those harmonized requirements into own national regulatory documentation. This paper shows the content of the approved EMARs and considers some important consequences of its implementation.

Keywords: Military Airworthiness, EMAR, EDA, MAWA Forum, EASA.